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Nantwich Camera Club's 2012 Photographic Exhibition
To March 17
MEMBERS of the town's club for photographers
are staging their latest exhibition. Their work has been a popular attraction
in the main gallery for a number of years, and this is a selection of
members' most recent prints.
As well as the prints on the
gallery walls, more of the members' work can be seen in an audio-video
display.
NANTWICH Camera Club was formed after a notice
was
placed in The Nantwich Chronicle inviting interested parties to a
meeting in Nantwich Library with a view to starting a club in the town.
More than 70
people attended and the first meeting was held on February 3,1981, in
The Gables in Beam Street - opposite the library.
A spokesman for the group said: "Our
first photographic exhibition was held in Nantwich Library in 1983, but
in subsequent years we had to rely on being able to use empty shops in
the town. These were the old gas showrooms in 1987, Densem's in High
Street (now The Edinburgh Woollen Mill) in 1991 and premises in Pepper
Street, courtesy of Mr Harry Clewlow, in 1995.
"Since
then we have been fortunate
to have the wonderful facility of the Millennium Room at the Museum -
our first one there being our 21st Anniversary Exhibition in
2002. That has been followed by exhibitions in 2007, 2009 and 2010.
"The
use of the Museum has enabled our exhibitions to run for several weeks
instead of the three days each in vacant shops. This has also allowed us
to work closely with the Museum in providing photographic assistance in
some of their other ventures - for example, the canals exhibition in
2009. We have also worked with Peter Wilson Fine Art Auctioneers and
Chatwin's bakery.
"We
currently have 45 members, male and female, including several
husband-and-wife duos. New members are sure to receive a warm and
friendly welcome at The Gables on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm for a
7.45pm start."
The opening reception |
poster |
the camera club's website
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The Paintings and Drawings of Dorothy Bradford
POPULAR local artist Dorothy
Bradford has exhibited at the Museum before. Sadly, she died at the age of 90 -
just days before her final exhibition was due to open in
the Millennium Gallery in the summer of 2008.
She preferred to think of herself as an international
artist who lived in Nantwich. A reputation she thoroughly deserved.
Her work was widely exhibited and
included one-person shows of drawings and paintings at The Royal Festival
Hall, London; US Embassy, London; Sadler's Wells Theatre, London; Lincoln Centre
for Performing Arts, New York; Queen's University, Belfast; Bluecoat Gallery,
Liverpool; Vernon Gallery, Preston; Senate House, Liverpool University; Musee des Beaux Arts, Mons, Belgium; City Art Gallery, Cheltenham;
Broughton Place Gallery, Biggar; Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester;
Alsager Gallery, Alsager; Nantwich Museum; Harbour Gallery, Kirkcudbright;
Linton Court Gallery, Settle; Macaulay Gallery, Stenton; Cree Gallery, Creetown.
And many others in England, Scotland
and Wales.
A longer version of this item appears
here on this website.
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The
Oddfellows - Past and Present
February 28 to April 7
THE history of The Nantwich and Crewe
District Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester
Unity Friendly Society is explored in this exhibition. Its role in
the 21st century is also looked at.
Formed in 1810, the society
is a mutual non-profit-making organisation. The international
society has more than 150 branches in this country.
Its aim is to make friends
and help people with "friendship, love and truth". It holds social
events and stages community-based charity work. The latter includes
advice services, care services, and a range of discretionary
benefits.
In the 1890s, the society
was instrumental in setting the standard which other friendly
societies followed.
The significance of such
societies declined with the arrival of the welfare state but
today The Oddfellows Society still has a vital role to play.
Poster |
www.oddfellows.co.uk |
chance to tell us which side you would have been on if
you had been around in the time of the Battle of Nantwich - on a special
voting board.